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Revision as of 05:40, 18 February 2008
- Aythya ferina
Identification
Mid-sized diving duck
Adult Male
- Chestnut red head
- Black bill with light stripe
- Light gray body
- Black chest, vent, tail and rump
Female
- Dull brown/grey
- Richer brown head
- Pale markings at base of bill and around eye
Range
Breeds in western Europe from the British Isles and France east to Central Europe and more continuously from the shores of the Baltic and eastern Europe east across Asia south of the tundra to Mongolia and western China. Small numbers breed outside main range in Iceland, Spain, Italy and Greece, in Turkey and in Hokkaido, Japan.
A summer visitor to northernmost parts of range. Winters throughout the British Isles and western Europe, around the Mediterranean, Black and Caspian Seas, in India, southern China and Japan. Small numbers winter in sub-Saharan Africa. Vagrants recorded the Faroes, Azores, Madeira; Canary Islands and Cape Verde Islands, Gambia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Philippines, Hawaii and the Aleutian Islands.
Habitat
Usually breeds on medium-large, fairly deep freshwaters with some marginal vegetation. On passage and in winter often on larger, more open waters, particularly reservoirs and gravel-pits, also estuaries and sometimes on sheltered seas.
Voice
<flashmp3>Aythya ferina (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
